Cliff Foulds, Jr., 54, of Yorktown passed away Friday,
October 10, 2003. He was born January 11, 1949 in Houston to the late Clifton G.
Foulds Sr. and Pauline Berger Roch of Houston.

Cliff was currently serving as the Sheriff of DeWitt County
and had retired in 1993 as Sergeant assigned to the Narcotics Division of the
Houston Police Department after serving over twenty-two years.

He was a member of the Yorktown Lions Club, Yorktown
Chamber of Commerce, DeWitt Co. Pescadores, and the First Presbyterian Church of
Yorktown where he was an Elder. He also served as a past director of the YREC
and was a Boy Scout leader.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Doehrman Foulds of
Yorktown; his daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Michael Browning of Aubrey,
TX; his daughter, Jessica Foulds, his son, Clifton G. Foulds, III, and his
stepdaughters, Kristin, Glennis, Shannon and Callie Massey, all of Yorktown. He
is also survived by his mother, Pauline Roch; his stepmother, Earlene Foulds of
Lebanon, Tennessee; his sisters, Patricia Hooker of El Campo and Jodi Fish of
Victoria; and his granddaughters, Kyla, Kacie and Kameryn Browning of Aubrey. He
was preceded in death by his father, Clifton G. Foulds Sr.; his stepfather, Joe
Roch and a sister, Lydia Williams-Gilner.

Visitation will be held Monday, October 13, 2003 from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 14,
2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with the Revs. Stephen and Patti Byrne
officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Yorktown, under the
direction of Freund Funeral Home (361) 275-2343.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Texas, DeWitt
County Law Officers Memorial Fund at Cuero State Bank, or First Presbyterian
Church of Yorktown.

He was born Oct. 13, 1913, in Yorktown, to the late John G.
and Charlotte Geffert Mueller. He was a retired mechanic for DeWitt Motor Co., a
veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and a Lutheran.

Edward "Bob" H. Seifert, 78, of Victoria passed away
Friday, Jan. 14, 2005. He was born Dec. 24, 1926 in DeWitt Co. to the late Gus
and Hulda Buske Seifert. He was in the ranching industry all of his life. He was
a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Delores Dentler
Seifert, of Victoria. Survivors also include his son and daughter-in-law, Kevin
and Carolyn Bethke Seifert of Mission Valley. Sister, Lillie Urban of Yorktown,
and his 2 Grandchildren, Catrina Seifert of Alvin and Marci Seifert of Mission
Valley.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Viola Bartram and
brother, Roland Seifert.

There will be a visitation on Sunday, Jan. 16, from
5:00-7:00 at Grace Funeral Home. Private services will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of So. Texas or Donor's choice. Grace Funeral
home, 2401 Houston Hwy., Victoria, TX 77901, 573-4341.

He was born March 14, 1905, in Cuero, to the late Max and
Matilda Boldt Turk. He was a farmer and painter and a member of St. Paul
Lutheran Church. He served as director for DeWitt County Electric Co-op, was a
member of the Garfield Shooting Club and was a 70-year member of Sons of
Hermann.

He was born Nov. 6, 1934, in DeWitt County, to Amalia Garza
Garcia of Yorktown and the late Federico Garcia. He was a retired heavy
equipment operator for South Texas Construction Co. and a member of Holy Cross
Catholic Church.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, Kelsey and Elise Schunemann
College Fund, Wells Fargo Bank in Nordheim.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Victoria Advocate

July 24, 2003

Carolyn B. Hebert

Carolyn B. Hebert, 103, of Cuero, TX, died Wednesday, July
23, 2003. She was born July 10, 1900 to the late John and Frances Bock Burda in
Yorktown. She attended Holy Cross Catholic School in Yorktown and Durham's
Business College in San Antonio. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic
Church in Cuero.

Mrs. Hebert was a stenographer for her husband, the
honorable Stephen P. Hebert, who was the Dewitt County Attorney and Judge. While
in DeWitt County, she filled in as a Court Reporter in District Court. She also
held an administrative job in Austin in the office of State Representative Terry
Newman. Mrs. Hebert later wrote and distributed checks for the Cuero Livestock
Commission Co. and was a secretary and typist for Garrett Abstract, Cuero
Community Hospital and Linwood Place. She also served in the Civil Service in
the Air Corps. Mrs. Hebert enjoyed ranching and her cattle.

She is survived by sons, Stephen Hebert and E.A. (Andy)
Hebert, both of Victoria, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Alfred E. Hebert; sisters,
Jo Sullivan, Marie Hennig, Adele Burda and Dorothy Burda; and brothers, Nic
Burda, Ladis Burda and Frank Burda.

Visitation will be Thursday, July 24, 2003 from 6:00 to
7:00 p.m. A Rosary will follow at 7:00 p.m. at Freund Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral mass will be Friday, July 25, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic
Church, the Rev. Kirby Hlavaty officiating. Burial will follow at Hillside
Cemetery under the direction of Freund Funeral Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343.

He was born March 1, 1931, in Cuero, to the late Richard V.
and Bertha Hartman Diebel. He was a farmer and rancher and a member of St. John
Lutheran Church where he served on the council. He was a U.S. Army veteran of
the Korean War. He served on ASCS Committee for 40 years and the Meyersville ISD
Board. He was a 4-H Adult Leader and a member of the Volunteer Fire Department.
He was on the Board of Directors of DeWitt County and Producers Co-Op Board of
Directors of Hochheim Prairie Mutual Farm Insurance. He received the Chamber of
Commerce Agricultural Award in 1991.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran
Church, the Revs. Nick Wagner and John David Nedbalek officiating.

Burial will be at St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Freund
Funeral Home, Cuero, (361) 275-2343.

Memorials: St. John Lutheran Church.

Contributed by Connie
Nesloney Sneed

San Antonio Express-News

May 25, 1992

Harry Meyer

Meyer owned, ran construction firm Harry Meyer was a
self-taught businessman who owned and managed a contracting company for 40
years.

Meyer died at home Friday from natural causes. He was 84.

A native of Nordheim in DeWitt County, Meyer met his wife,
the former Willie House, in nearby Yorktown.

They were introduced by family friends who thought they
would be a good couple, his wife said.

He was attending Nordheim High School and she was enrolled
in Yorktown High School, about five miles away, when they met. They married in
1927.

"We liked each other when we met," his wife said. "We went
together for three years before we got married."

The couple would have celebrated their 65th anniversary in
July.

He grew in a farm in Nordheim, where the family grew
vegetables and cotton, raised cattle, sheep and goats.

When they first married, they lived with his parents on the
family farm.

"He was so close to his parents and he chose to be there
with them," his wife said.

They moved to San Antonio at the beginning of World War II,
and Meyer took business courses at the Alamo Business College. He soon started a
construction contracting firm called Harry Meyer Contracting Co.

Although Meyer had a successful business, he also
encouraged his wife's career and volunteer work. His wife worked full-time
throughout most of their marriage.

"He was always there to help me, he drove me to work every
morning," she said.

Meyer retired in 1971. He and his wife moved to Helotes in
1982. He built and designed their house, which is on seven acres.

As head of the family, Meyer ensured the family remained
close. His son Harry, daughter-in-law Diane and granddaughter Kristi also live
on the property.

"We are a close-knit family," his wife said.

Meyer was the kind of person who was supportive of family
and friends, his wife said.

"He was so kind and caring," she said. "All of my friends
loved him."

After retirement, Meyer spent much of his time gardening
and caring for the animals they had on their property.

"I had good support from Harry and we've had a good life,"
she said.

Meyer is survived by his son, four grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.

A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Mission
Burial South Cemetery. Arrangements are with Porter Loring Funeral Home.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Victoria Advocate

April 10, 2007

ANITA GRAVES

YORKTOWN - Anita Graves, 103, passed away Saturday, April
7, 2007. She was born on March 29, 1904, at her maternal grandparents home in
Yorktown, to Robert C. and Mathilde von Roeder Thorogood.

She was reared in Runge and graduated from Runge High
School. She attended the University of Texas-Austin, where she was a member of
Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority. On March 2, 1929, she and Thomas A. Graves
were united in marriage at St. John's Episcopal Church in Runge. They resided in
Cuero where she was an active member of Grace Episcopal Church.

She was a former president of The Altar Guild, co-chairman
for the Red Cross providing garments for the military during World War II,
member of the Hawthorne Club, and a charter member of The DeWitt County
Historical Commission.

She is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m., Tuesday at Hillside
Cemetery in Cuero, with the Rev. Cannon John Padgett officiating.

Memorials: Grace Episcopal Church or DeWitt County
Historical Society.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at
freundfuneralhome.com.

Freund Funeral Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Victoria Advocate

February 7, 2005

Opal Rickman

She was born Nov. 10, 1918 in Cuero. Her parents, Charles
(Charlie) and Margaret (Maggie) Grosskurth Dromgoole, came to Cuero in 1917 from
their Karnes County (Gillette) farm.

Opal Rickman, 86, died Sunday.

For her family, she was fiercely protective and competitive
in her dedication to each one's well being. For her many friends and co-workers,
she served no less diligently and loyally.

In the early 1960s, she was a lead organizer of the first
workers union in the Cuero cotton mill, where she had started working as a
Depression Era teenager. She served as the first secretary of the Cuero local of
the Textile Workers Union of America. She played an important role in the
union's survival of the 1966 strike in which local and state law enforcement
officers were deployed against "my hard-working and patriotic neighbors and
friends who had fought and won World War II."

"She had a strong social conscience that most often guided
her into doing the right thing, whatever the situation and whatever the risk,"
said son Jackie of Cuero.

For some homebound elderly Cuero people in the 1970s, she
may have been just a provider of free meals. For others of them, however, she
rose from being a social worker to become a personal "angel" - providing nurture
that went far beyond food for the body. Before becoming home bound herself, she
had a large extended "family" in Cuero's economically impoverished elderly
community.

"Sometimes it seems that life balances its own books.
Mother got her payback over the last years of her life with the personal
attention and affection of care-giver Emily Martinez and the full-time devotion
and care of her granddaughter Robin Rickman," said son Derryl of Victoria.

Her interest in and knowledge of animal husbandry probably
stemmed from her grandfather Eleazar Kilpatrick Dromgoole, who - in the late
19th and early 20th centuries - was acclaimed as the best lay veterinarian in
the greater Karnes County area. She and her husband Jack Rickman were stock
farmers in DeWitt County for many years.

"Even as a stock farmer, she was still concerned about
other people. I remember one time in the 1980s when mother and daddy had their
hay crop put in for their own use in the coming winter. Before winter arrived,
they gave about half of that hay to people caught in a drought in the southeast
United States," said son Charlie of Zapata.

Her historical and genealogical roots are entwined around
and within the very foundation of this nation, although she adamantly would tell
you that such things didn't matter to her.

She is a direct descendant of Cicely Bailey Jordan Farrar
and William Farrar. Cicely landed in Jamestown, Virginia in 1610 and later
attained a degree of notoriety as the first person in the English colonies sued
for "breach of contract." A preacher extracted a promise of matrimony from the
young widow during her immediate grief over the loss of husband Samuel Jordan.
She later changed her mind and married her lawyer William Farrar. The preacher
sued Cicely for breach of contract, but he died soon thereafter.

She also descends directly from Christopher and Mary Addie
Branch, who arrived in Jamestown in early 1620. Among other direct descendants
in the politically active Branch line are President Thomas Jefferson, Virginia
Gov. William Branch Giles, North Carolina Gov. John Branch, and Branch Tanner
Archer, president of the Texas Consultation in 1835 and the first Secretary of
War of the Republic of Texas. The Branches directly descended from eight of the
Barons of The Magna Carta.

More recently, her cultural heritage took a decidedly
German turn. Her grandparents Grosskurth (Henry and Margot Neitsche) were
childhood immigrants from Germany. Her grandmother Lou Eliza Jane Moses
Dromgoole's parents were John Moses, a racial Jew immigrant, and Rinnie Lu
Schmidt, a German immigrant.

At the last (2002) Dromgoole Family reunion she was able to
attend, Alma Opal Dromgoole Rickman and her husband Homer Jackson "Jack" Rickman
were honored as the longest-married couple in the family. They were wed on Nov.
7, 1936.

In addition to her husband of 68 years, she is survived by
brother Charles Dromgoole of Cuero; sisters V-Anne Smith of San Antonio and
Betty (Don) Estill of Conroe; and many numerous and precious nieces and nephews
from both the Dromgoole and Rickman families. She was predeceased by her
parents, brother Warren H. Dromgoole, and sister Ruby Dromgoole Buenger, all of
Cuero.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Freund
Funeral Home in Cuero.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Victoria Advocate, The (TX) - August 11, 2006

Larry L. Brott

Larry L. Brott, age 52, of Victoria, Texas, died
Friday, August 4, 2006, in a motorcycle accident in DeWittCounty,
Texas.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 12,
2006, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home with Scotte Clark, minister of Hamilton
Street Church of Christ, officiating. Interment will follow in the Restland
Cemetery under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home.

Larry was born June 6, 1954 in Long Beach, California to
the late Fred and Dora (May) Brott. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1971
to 1974. He and Melissa Drennan May were married on April 21, 1995 in Olney,
Texas. Larry was a manager for Alcoa Business System in Victoria, Texas.
He had previously owned and operated his own Tae Kwon Do business in Fort Worth
and was a Tae Kwon Do instructor at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas.
He was a 3rd Degree Black Belt. He enjoyed playing golf and riding his
motorcycle. He was a member of the Harley Davidson Club. He moved to Victoria in
2004 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Reed Brantley Parr, born December 28, 1906, in DeWittCounty, Texas, died November 13, 1998, in San Marcos.

She was the widow of Lewis A. Parr, of LaPryor, who
preceded her in death in 1980. Reed Parr was the youngest daughter among the
eight children born to Rena Scott and Arnold H. Brantley.

One brother and sister-in-law, Harold C. and Evelyn
Brantley, survive; along with a number of nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in
San Marcos, the San Marcos Association of Performing Arts, the Hays County
Historical Commission, past-president of the San Marcos Association of Retired
Teachers, the Friends of Fine Arts, the Heritage Association, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and Stephen F.
Austin's Old Three Hundred. The Texas Historical Commission named her
volunteer of the year in 1995, recognizing her many contributions.

Mrs. Parr was honored by SWTU in various ways. She received
the Key of Excellence Award and the Alumni Achiever Award. The 11th floor
assembly room of the J. C. Kellam Building has been named the Reed Brantley Parr
Room. Mrs. Parr established the Lewis A. and Reed Brantley Parr Scholarship
Program in Music, and her estate gift will create the Lewis A. and Reed Brantley
Parr Presidential Endowment.

Services at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary, Uvalde,
Texas, at 2:00 p.m. November 14, 1998, will be followed by interment in the
Uvalde Cemetery. Another service in celebration of her life will be held
November 16, 1998, at 2:00 p.m. in the first Methodist Church, 129 Hutchinson
Street, San Marcos, Texas. The Reverend Milam Allison Brantley, of
Wimberley, will officiate at both services.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Austin American-Statesman (TX) - February 15, 1996

MARSHALL WILLIE DENSON

Marshall Willie Denson, 49, was born January 21, 1947, in
Cuero, Texas, in DewittCounty, and went to his home going
Wednesday, February 15, 1996, at 2:45 a.m.

The family will receive friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday at Cook- Walden Funeral Home, Lamar location. Mr. Denson will lie in
state Sunday evening at Freund Funeral Home, in Cuero, Texas, until
funeral services 10:00 a.m. Monday at Mount Bethaney Baptist Church in
Thomaston, Texas, with Reverend Chester Polk officiating. Interment will
follow at Thomaston Community Cemetery.

Marshall's education began with Daule High School,
graduating from

Cuero Sr. High School in 1966. He received his master's in
education curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas. In 1989,
Marshall became employed with the Rehabilitation Commission of Texas in
Austin as a Disability Examiner II, later transferring to Program Administrator
where he remained until his demise.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Austin American-Statesman (TX) - September 11, 1997

MILDRED REBECCA BOYD

Mildred Rebecca Boyd, age 84, of Rockdale, Texas,
died September 8, 1997, in a Rockdale hospital. She was born February 3, 1913,
in DeWittCounty, Texas.

A homemaker, she was married to the late James Cody Boyd on
December 18, 1935, in Victoria, Texas.

She is survived by her sons, Jerold (Jerry) C. Boyd and
wife, Lillie Ann, of Austin, and David H. Boyd and wife, Carolyn, of Rockdale;
her daughter, Barbara Lucille Sturgill, and husband, Richard ''Dick'', of
Chilhowie, Virginia; brothers, Harry Bluhm and Earl Bluhm of Austwell, Texas;
sister, Dorothy Kelso and sister-in-law, Flora Bluhm of Austin; 12
grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 11,
1997, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Rockdale. Interment will be at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, in the Lytton Springs Cemetery in Lytton Springs, Texas.

Friends may call at her home from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, at the Episcopal Church of
the Good Shepherd with The Reverend Anne Hoey officiating. Entombment will be
3:30 p.m. Saturday, in the Abbey Chapel at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston,
Texas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Kappa Alpha Theta
Scholarship Fund; ESU Scholarship Fund; or the charity of your choice.

Mr. Karr was an inspector for the Southern Pacific Railroad
for more than 15 years.

He was a member of the Harlandale Christian Church and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Karr was an Army veteran of World War II.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

Contributed by Connie Nesloney Sneed

Victoria Advocate, The (TX) - November 26, 2000

FINLEY L. JACKSON

Finley Jackson was born September 19, 1914 in DeWittCounty, Hochheim Community near Cuero, Texas. At a young age
Finley's family moved to Refugio, Texas. Later Finley moved to San
Antonio, Texas where he united with West End Baptist Church and worked
for Union Pacific Railroad. He was the third of six children born to the union
of James and Bertha Johnson Jackson. He attended school at Daule.

Other professions includes Armstrong Transfer Company as a
truck driver; VFW as a porter; Augman Clinic as Chief Dietary Chef; ABC Bank
(Bank of America) as Building Superintendent and Personal Aide to W.M. Noble,
CEO of ABC Bank. He retired from the bank after more than 32 years.

Finley and Juanita Stovall were married January 28, 1951.
To this union two children were born, Finley L. Jackson Jr. and Anita (Jackson)
Jones.